The Hawaiian gazette., 1887-01-25
THE ISLES OF THE SEA.
Lecture by ]. T. Arundel. ESQ.

{ On FRIDAY evening. lecture on the Pacit,
T lSlsCdS- v2S delivered II the Hall of the
T ". c. A. building. by Mr.. J. L. Arundel. 4
Z ls-ce audience filed the rOom snd gave mos
F earnest attention 70 the lecturer. Mr.. Arun
del i peculiarly fitted 10 speak of the Isles OF
+ ;hs P&cifc-of Snd on for the last seventeen
ysSTS be hiss sailed over the broad waters OF
{ the Ocssn. snd has visited nearly every
gIoCp, besides being long resident on
some q the ISolsisi iSlstS. while IN charoe
q tie business interests OF his firm. who are
Owners 81 nsSrly all the guano islands OF the
Pacific
Mr.. Arundel commenced his lecture BY
zpo.oSlEnS 70 The audience for not being
pT5CG-SI. - he had intended 10 be. owing 10
change II his plans He had expected 10
spend : few mo-e days here. but owing 10
tbs sale o. as steamer, the Explorer. 10 tbs
Hawaiian Government. he had been obliged
10 hurry Up his business II order 10 be ready
toE tie mail steamer the next day.
Ire lecturer then drew attention % 3 mag
ul1cs1s u2Q u the Pacizc, ten feet BY twelve
tss.. which had bssn prepared for him
by one Of the younger hydrOsraphs Of the
ROYAL GVoSrSp1i Society. Commencing
s: san Francisco, Mr.. Arundel rapidly
Sks.ctsG the steamer routes across the
Pacific, and taxing his audience on board
one OF these large vessels, swept over the
ocszn 70 Hawaii, which he said IL was need
less % dwell upon. IS the audience knew
Ho1e shout their beauties than he did him
self. Another Ocssn voyage brought the
Company TO FsnniDg's Island. This vas
NOS. interesting spot-snd connected with
Hawaii through Csptsin Greig, who often
Visited Honolulu. and whose children were
here ST school The Island vas 8 beautiful
one, and would become OF great Importance
Shs1 the cable vas completed. II was also
interesting on account Of its land birds.
Two we're specially notable, sort of sparrow
sad psroQuet, the lsttsr only to be found
O. Fanning's. Then came glance st the
low sandy islAnds-Starb1ek, Flint, and the
PhGaI group. Sydney Island, one of the
lstter, vas remarkable on acco1n: of the
number OF constructions which appeared TO
% graves. He had had many of these
opened. bit 10 remains hsd ever been found
IN sny OF thsSs- What they were for OF Who
had made them, IVES az present a sealed
book He had photographs and sketches
us6s OF them, and If ne lived he hoped to
give 81 account OF these 70 the world. Here
also we're traces OF fish ponds, but those who
had built the nSh ponds and hsd IN former
t-Des stOczeo them, had passed away, while
t1s SztSE II tcs lagoon IEOD constant sitting
ID OF lis outlet - The sea and from eyspOra-
tco1 had bsooEs - salt that fish could not
I've II i, showing E0T great changes had
taken Place since ne spot vas inhabited
\ very different scs1s vas called up before
the minds eye BY The description Of the Sa-
moan group. with their lofty mountains and
Vegetation coming nearly 10 the waters
acge. bElet sketch vas given OF the p0Iiti.
ca c5-cltlOl Of Samoa The King vas Ma
lizl1s- 8 cescs1cslt OF the great Mglist0s.
sEO had bszl 70 Samoa what ksmehsusbe
the Great had been 10 Hawaii. Since his
csatl there had been constant warfare. The
SamOzCs we've the LATEST people II the
D. 49, n
Ike. Inc yIcs-hIlg, Ionssi, ShO vas SUD
ported BY Germany, vas az the bottom of all
tte t-O1ble II Samoa OF late years the
Ssn0als had acquired a great love for
cricket IN old missionary had objected to
i; he thought there was something wrong in
Il; but ths young missionaries, cficketsrs
themselves probably, encouraged If. The
Ssnes1s did not play eleven on a side, but q
whole village, sometimes more than a hun
games took weeks ID finish. 4 petition
signed b. al tie Chiefs on the Islands, had
been Forwarded 20 Queen YictoEis, asking to !
D p1s under hs1 protection. After Il vas
the German merchants began to |
.utsyTieE the Samoan Chiefs on the subject /
Of annexation to their Government The /
Ssuoans replied that they had sent their |
estsrs, and Until they received an answer. /
they INTENDED PLAYING cricket. As the sl-
.horitiss IN Dozning street we're proverb- ]
ally sl0S II attending 70 such matters, the /.
scE1rsr thO1Eht that TsrE likely the Sz-
nosu= we've playing cricket still.
! very pretty description OF 4 visit % .
Pzrgo Pscgo hsrbor followed This Is In /
he Island O IOtcila. Il Is surrounded 5v 1
otty mountains coming dOEl - 2 shining .
beach trI-g=1 With cocoauut trees and dotted /
=Ith Wigs Once II the hsT50r. the en- .
.rzncs fE31 t6s 81 zss shut out from viez.
sod ths vessel seemed = i iEilE II scotch .
Och- across the mountain barrier could be &
lszrd ths boon Ot the ocszu rollers, but
=ItcIu. al vas cain and pzzesfzi- Hardly .
sss tbs anchor % ths littls steamer. the EI-
5lOE5r. dOE1. tlzl darling CIT from sTery
lOoE OF Ehs bar. cane h11dEs1s Of canoes
md II : sc0rt tius tbs vessel vas crowded +
With SsUOz-S- l1= s0zEc OF TIE steam 4
thistle cleared tie cacE f0- zhile. and the
ISLANDERS t1nbied OF The dack II Hne style.
III theE S5Cz EetzE=d again. As 10 EorE
,o1li Be done, tle authority OF Chiefsss.
zho Us o. bard, vas InTOksd through the
1siiu1 OF a i1ts-p-sts.. and the vessel vas
.lzzr61- he penalty, however, kz1 to Be
aid, for the neLt day the CEisfess returned
nd zpzuf the dsF. S1e =ss tail strzppIng
NJ Of signtsen- and s=szs1 u Ill the little
zbi1. IS ~ instance Of fE5 strong izfu-
.nce the tbrlstlsn oE5sryznees have upon
ne Sz-Ozus- the lecturer cited 2 relnsrk q
IL. Webb. t1s OEDsE Of tire Pioneer line OF
Australian stezmsrs- D're' OF MS 800 ton
t=zmss entered the hsrb0r q Pzlgo Pango
y S1ndsT. ,5rs must have besu Eon-
.srf1l slghz 70 ths Islanders. Il such littls
hing = tbs Explorer attracted 20 much At
s1tIo1. CT not single canoe left the beach
II webb EsE much struck zIth the tr1s
sliEit TINS displayed
WHILE Il Psngo Psago, the celebrated
lzlOlO zhOzls came IN These SEA worms
MY appear O1ce yesr. OF once In thirteen
months; either O. the first Of October OF the
Irss OF November. They are little EoEms Of